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Lung Health | Last Active: Dec 26, 2022 | Replies (25)
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Oh @merpreb one side note...I do notice that first thing in the morning and at bedtime I can hear (but barely audible) pops and high crackles when I breathe in. When I cough, they stop for a few breaths. Dr said " just mucus". But in hospital they were concerned about these crackles. Mucus is lessening but cough was dry and non productive from the beginning. Thank you Merry!
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@yvonne55- Let me answer both of your replies to me in this post. After all of your hospital visits due to what most likely was pneumonia, I do not think that doctors would have released you to bed rest unless they told you this.
After all the hospitalizations that I have had, not one nurse or doctor suggested bed rest for me. They made me get up and walk around the hospital floor. Weren't you made to do this? They said get up and move! You can make yourself ill just by staying still. Lungs take a while to heal. From your report, it looks as if you were pretty ill so your lungs were quite inflamed.
I also suggest that you get a referral to a pulmonologist who can trace your recovery, prescribe inhalers if needed and refer you to pulmonary rehab. It is truly a lifesaver. Exercising will also take your mind off of every little muscle twitch and lung cackle. Having your lungs injured by a "bug" and having strange machines breathe for you is very scary. I hear you. I went through something similar. But your job now is to live. Do everything possible to live your life to the fullest so that you don't have to be in ICU ever again. What do you think?